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Session Laws - 1997 CHAPTER 443
change in the Work First Program shall be effected by temporary rule until
the next State Plan is approved by the General Assembly. Any change
effected by the Department to comply with federal law shall be reported to
the Joint Legislative Public Assistance Commission and included in the State
Plan submited during the next session of the General Assembly following
the change.
(d) The Department shall allow counties maximum flexibility in the Work
First Program while ensuring that the counties comply with federal and State
laws and regulations. Subject to any limitations imposed by law, the
Department shall allow counties to request to be designated as either
Electing Counties or Standard Program Counties in the Work First
Program.
(e) All counties shall noti^ the Department in writing as to whether they
desire to be designated as either Electing or Standard Program. A county
shall submit in its notification to the Department documentation
demonstrating that three-fifths of its county commissioners support its
desired designation. Upon receipt of the notification from the county, the
Department shall send to the county confirmation of the county's planning
designation. A county that desires to be redesignated shall submit a request
in \witing to the Department at least six months prior to the effective date of
the next State Plan. In its request for redesignation. the county shall submit
documentation demonstrating that three-fifths of its county commissioners
support the redesignation. Upon receipt of the notification from the county,
the Department shall send to the county confirmation of the county's
planning redesignation. A county's redesignation shall become effective on
die effK:tive date of the next State Plan following the redesignation. A
county's designation or redesignation shall not be effected except as provided
in this Article.
(f) The board of county commissioners in an Electing County shall be
responsible for development, administration, and implementation of the
Work First Program in that county.
(g) The county department of social services in a Standard Program
County shall be responsible for administering and implementing the
Standard Work First Program in that county.
(h) The Department and Electing Counties, in developing an Electing
County Work First Program or the Standard Work First Program, may
distinguish among potential groups of recipients on whatever basis necessary
to enhance program purposes and to maximize federal revenues, so long as
the rights, including the constitutional rights of equal protection and due
process, of individuals are protected. The Department and Electing Counties
may provide Work First Program assistance to legal immigrants on the same
basis as citizens to the extent permitted by federal law. "
Section 12.6. Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 108A of the General
Statutes is amended by adding the following new sections:
"
§ 108A-27.1. Time limitations on assistance.
(a) Under the Standard Work First Program, unless an extension or an
exemption is provided pursuant to the provisions of this Part or the State
Plan, any cash assistance provided to a person or family in the employment
program shall only be provided for a cumulative total of 24 months. After
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Session Laws - 1997 CHAPTER 443
change in the Work First Program shall be effected by temporary rule until
the next State Plan is approved by the General Assembly. Any change
effected by the Department to comply with federal law shall be reported to
the Joint Legislative Public Assistance Commission and included in the State
Plan submited during the next session of the General Assembly following
the change.
(d) The Department shall allow counties maximum flexibility in the Work
First Program while ensuring that the counties comply with federal and State
laws and regulations. Subject to any limitations imposed by law, the
Department shall allow counties to request to be designated as either
Electing Counties or Standard Program Counties in the Work First
Program.
(e) All counties shall noti^ the Department in writing as to whether they
desire to be designated as either Electing or Standard Program. A county
shall submit in its notification to the Department documentation
demonstrating that three-fifths of its county commissioners support its
desired designation. Upon receipt of the notification from the county, the
Department shall send to the county confirmation of the county's planning
designation. A county that desires to be redesignated shall submit a request
in \witing to the Department at least six months prior to the effective date of
the next State Plan. In its request for redesignation. the county shall submit
documentation demonstrating that three-fifths of its county commissioners
support the redesignation. Upon receipt of the notification from the county,
the Department shall send to the county confirmation of the county's
planning redesignation. A county's redesignation shall become effective on
die effK:tive date of the next State Plan following the redesignation. A
county's designation or redesignation shall not be effected except as provided
in this Article.
(f) The board of county commissioners in an Electing County shall be
responsible for development, administration, and implementation of the
Work First Program in that county.
(g) The county department of social services in a Standard Program
County shall be responsible for administering and implementing the
Standard Work First Program in that county.
(h) The Department and Electing Counties, in developing an Electing
County Work First Program or the Standard Work First Program, may
distinguish among potential groups of recipients on whatever basis necessary
to enhance program purposes and to maximize federal revenues, so long as
the rights, including the constitutional rights of equal protection and due
process, of individuals are protected. The Department and Electing Counties
may provide Work First Program assistance to legal immigrants on the same
basis as citizens to the extent permitted by federal law. "
Section 12.6. Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 108A of the General
Statutes is amended by adding the following new sections:
"
§ 108A-27.1. Time limitations on assistance.
(a) Under the Standard Work First Program, unless an extension or an
exemption is provided pursuant to the provisions of this Part or the State
Plan, any cash assistance provided to a person or family in the employment
program shall only be provided for a cumulative total of 24 months. After
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